Evans in Herefordshire

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Welcometo Evans in Herefordshire

Not far from Ross-On-Wye in Herefordshire, England is the small community
of Bridstow, where the Evans story - as we know it in 2008 - began. Known
descendants spread as far as London, Wales, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire,
Gloucerstershire, Lancashire, Cheshire and eventually to Australia. Below
are overviews of each key couple through the years, beginning with our
first known ancestors, John Evans (c1796) and Susannah Preece (c1802).
Clicking on their names will lead you to more information about their
lives, children and extended families.

The image on the menu bar above shows a section of a postcard from 1906,
announcing the birth of the first daughter of Alfred
Evans (1870) in Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire England. The full image,
with the title, "Ross. Mill Pond." can be seen to the left. (source:
JH)

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John Evans (c1796) and his wife Susannah Preece (c1802) were married
in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, two days before Christmas in 1824. They
had what we believe to be seven or eight children. John lived his life
as an Agricultural Labourer and Susannah made her way as a Seamstress,
according to census records. John and Susannah lived in Bridstow for
most of their married life, and spent some time in Pencraig (Marstow)
in later years. Their eldest known son, John, was born about 1827. He
was my great-great-great-grandfather.

John Evans (c1827) and Eliza Smart (1839) were married on Christmas
Day 1864, in Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire. We believe John and Eliza had
seven children, one of whom died in infancy. John worked as an Agricultural
Labourer like his father in early life, later becoming a Tinworks Labourer.
Eliza worked many years as a Laundress. Two of John and Eliza's sons
and one of their daughters are known to have emigrated to Australia.
Their son Wallace was my great-grandfather.

Wallace Evans (1872) and Amy Lealer Stöcker (born Bertha Matilda Stöcker
in Queensland in 1871) met in Wallace's home town of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
They were married in early 1899 in the city of Northampton, England.
It's believed Wallace served as a driver for the Army Service Corps
during the Great War. This family emigrated with their four children
to Australia in 1922, aboard the "Orvieto" and the "Themistocles".(source: JH)

My grandparents, Wallace and Mary, met in North Queensland, Australia,
and married at St Monica's Church in Cairns in 1926. Neither had been
in Australia very long: Wallace arrived in 1922 from Northampton England,
and Mary from Strabane Ireland in 1924 with her widowed mother and five
siblings. Wallace and Mary had four children.